In this short series, we're speaking with women who have been free-birthing long before it became trendy, back when it was called Unassisted Birth and there weren't very many resources devoted to it, let alone a society devoted to it.

Each of these women chose free birth for reasons that essentially come down to their faith.

In this episode, we’re joined by our friend Heather Meyers, a mama to 8 living children (5 - kind of 6? - of them born unassisted). 

Among other things, you'll hear about:

• First freebirth in 2012 - it was called unassisted then
• First were precipitous home births with hands-on midwives
• Twins were a freebirth in the hospital
• She herself was born at home and grew up around home birth culture, apprenticing with a midwife after high school
• Her husband’s roll in the decision to birth unassisted for the first time
• Off-grid camper birth
• Activist tendencies tempered by humbling experiences
• Why unattended births make sense for her personality
• Her second-trimester loss at home, unattended
• Not about performance, but presence
• The unassisted hospital birth of her twins at 26 weeks
• Freebirthing with helping friends and kids around vs. with just her and her husband
• How labor patterns aren’t predictable or “normal” after you have several babies
• avoiding adamant checklists or “shoulds” about a birth and just asking Him who’s supposed to be there and for the next steps
• When Jesus says “follow me,” and it means taking some gutsy leaps
• Her usual DIY prenatal care routines (And ways she broke from them when led to do so)
• How birth resets her bond with her husband and her confidence in him
• Times she has shown up to support other women in their births
• Why your “yes” is a responsibility and investment

Mentioned in this episode:

• Unassisted HomeBirth: An Act of Love

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From Lauren:

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• Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

Intro and Outra Music Credit -
Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.